Howard Beckerman Movies

For half a century Harvey Comics characters ruled newsstands, television screens, and the imaginations of children across the United States. While...

An office drudge goes on a cruise and winds up a castaway on a tropical island. He soon meets his man Friday in the form of a friendly ape.

Hard Hat trains Fall Guy how to build a bridge, but keeps getting distracted by a flower with a mind of its own.

Directed by Shamus Culhane, this was a fine animated short about the title character turning his pipes into a musical instrument with a performance...

Sir Blur stumbles into a kingdom. A king is having trouble getting someone to marry his daughter because she's, to put it mildly, ugly. Guess who...

Rather than adapt a later or create a new Oz story, this production has Dorothy still in posession of the shoes, and she clings to an apple tree...

The story of Geronimo, an American indian, and his brother.

The senior thesis film of Elyssa DiGiovanni

Sir Blur was Famous Studios' answer to Mr. Magoo in that he was another nearsighted fellow who mistakes something or someone for something else.

About Native Americans Geronimo and Son.

Lonesome Honey Halfwitch draws a friend and bewitches the paper so that her drawing comes to life.

Cartoon Carnival tells the story of the pioneering early days of the animated art-form and chronicles one film preservationist's quest to rescue...

A film by Brad Rose.

Little Billy and Isabel catch Red Lantern, the Magic Fish. He takes them to the Land Of The Lost to meet King Find All, Rosita Wristwatch, and Wally...

John R. Dilworth's 1985 student film. A simple animation of a man smoking a cigarette, which generates a strange angry cloud of smoke.

A diverse compilation of short animations from NYC's popular festival, Animation Block Party. Various genres and narratives. A great mix-tape of...

A strange night in a small town, illuminated by the town's lighthouse.

The half-blind Sir Blur, who is both knight and mailman, torments a blacksmith with his bumbling.

A documentary about the early days of animation.

"The Eyeball Chase" is Jeremie Duval's SVA Animation Thesis from 2007.